Back in the early to mid-1980s prior to the vaccine availability of hepatitis B, concerns about proper infection control in dentistry emerged. Ungloved dentists, especially oral surgeons, were implicated in the largest number of outbreaks in healthcare settings. One dental outbreak involving an ungloved oral surgeon infected the most number of patients (n = 55) in any healthcare setting. These concerns were only heightened after HIV/AIDS came along. Read more.